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How many contributors here have read the full BOI with all its annexes?
Tandemrotor
We are talking of an Air Force many times larger than we have today when units were on active service in the Middle and Far East and major re-equipment programmes and changes to Command Structures were in progress. These changes continued to occur at irregular intervals over the years as Governments and priorities changed.
What were you doing in 1967 when the first of these major upheavals occurred? Remember that the supply chain was several thousand miles long and that retraining was subordinate to operational requirements; particularly in the Far East where small detatchments would operate in isolation for weeks at a time.
Training ab initio pilots increases the risk of accidents and in those days the RAF had 6 Basic FTS's in operation - each one turning out some 60 new pilots a year. The accident statistics included Chipmunk AEF Units and ATC Glider Units.
Having said all that, the vast majority of accidents were down to "Human Error" due to inexperience, failure to follow briefed procedures and, in some cases, wilful disobedience and/or neglect.
Last edited by cazatou; 12th Feb 2008 at 20:29.